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2. The Beggar's Opera - Wikipedia

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   The Beggar's Opera [1] is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch.It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today.

3. Beggars Opera (band) - Wikipedia

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   Website www .beggarsopera .co .uk Beggars Opera was a Scottish progressive rock band from Glasgow , Scotland , formed in 1969 by guitarist Ricky Gardiner (born 31 August 1948, Edinburgh , Scotland), vocalist Martin Griffiths (born 8 October 1949, Newcastle upon Tyne), and bassist Marshall Erskine (bass/flute).

4. Category:Works based on The Beggar's Opera - Wikipedia

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5. The Beggar's Opera (film) - Wikipedia

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   The Beggar's Opera is a 1953 British historical musical film, a Technicolor adaptation of John Gay's 1728 ballad opera of the same name.The film, directed by Peter Brook in his feature film debut, stars Laurence Olivier (in his sole musical), Hugh Griffith, Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Holloway, Daphne Anderson and Athene Seyler.

6. John Gay - Wikipedia

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   He certainly did nothing to conciliate the favour of the government by his next work, The Beggar's Opera, a ballad opera produced on 29 January 1728 by John Rich, in which Sir Robert Walpole was caricatured. This famous piece, which was said to have made "Rich gay and Gay rich", was an innovation in many respects.

7. Ricky Gardiner - Wikipedia

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   Gardiner joined his first band, the Vostoks, at school in 1962. Next there were the Kingbees and the System, with whom he formed Beggars Opera in 1969. He played in his own outfit with this band, Beggars Opera, and also with friends David Bowie and Iggy Pop. For Bowie he played lead guitar on the 1977 album Low. [1]

8. Act One (album) - Wikipedia

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   Variously classified as symphonic rock, progressive rock or proto-progressive rock, Beggars Opera's debut album has been compared to (and sometimes described as "derivative of") works by The Nice and Deep Purple MK I.

9. Pathfinder (album) - Wikipedia

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   Beggars Opera chronology; Waters of Change (1971) Pathfinder (1972) Get Your Dog Off Me! (1973) Pathfinder is the third album by the Scottish progressive band Beggars ...